What Happened To The Sheene Film?

Barry Sheene would have been 68 years old today.

I know this because I will be 68 years old tomorrow - he was always one day older than me and better at riding motorbikes than I ever will be. I know my place!!

Just saying!

(P.S. I have cake!!).

 

Happy Birthday Steve

 

Happy birthday!

 

Looks like it didn't make it past the promo!
https://www.sheene.com/

 

Thanks for the good wishes!

Sorry about accidental the thread hijack. I was really just making the point that it was easy for me to remember his birthday as he was one day older than me. 'Tis a shame that he is not still with us.

 

I was chatting with a chap called Aaron Douglas a while back (point of reference, the actor who played the ‘Chief’ in the 2004 remake of Battlestar Galactica) and we were talking about Robin Williams. Aaron had bumped into him on the street in Vancouver and ended up having coffee with him to talk about the projects they were working on. What Robin had to say about people asking for autographs was roughly this...

“You as an actor are in an incredibly powerful position. It doesn’t matter how tired you are or how bad a day you’re having; giving thirty seconds of your time and a smile to a stranger can make their year. Brushing them off will last their lifetime.”

Barry Sheene obviously needed that advice.

 

On the flip side of the comment about Sheene's attitude, in 1977 I was at the Race of the Year at Mallory, and managed to sneak into the paddock. We were milling around the Suzuki tent, when Barry pulled up in his Rolls Royce, and stopped right by me. As he got out of the car I proffered my programme and asked for his autograph. He said summat and went past me to the front of his car, where he pulled a dead sparrow out of the Rollers grille. I thought my chance was gone as he was immediately engulfed by a crowd of people, but he held up his hands and said " hang on, this lad was first", and came back to sign my programme first. Absolutely made my day. No cameras there, either.